FURA Open House
With just a few months to go before the city begins its redesign of Highway 101 the Florence Urban Renewal Agency will be unveiling its final draft of the plan. On Wednesday, April 25th, there will be an open house hosted at the Florence Event Center for community members and businesses. In order to accommodate the public the city will review the project details at two separate times: 4:30 and 5:30. The review will include details about the construction and the timeline for events. Member of the team will also be available to answer questions. The project is slated to begin in early August and will cost approximately 7 million dollars to complete. Just over half the money for the project will come from state and county funds with about 3.25 million dollars to come from the city.
Military Heritage Day
Tomorrow at 2 pm the Oregon Coast Military Museum will host a Military Heritage Day on the grounds of the Florence Municipal Airport. Russ McBride, a Southern Oregon Veterans Benefit Member at Large will speak on the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial that will have an emphasis on MIA/POW, Military Nurses, and Agent Orange. He will be joined by Steven Bates who is the Vietnam War Memorial Fund President from Salem. The event will be held at the hangar of Sam Spayd.
19 Years Of Habitat
The Florence Habitat for Humanity will be celebrating 19 years of service in Florence tomorrow with an event at the Habitat ReStore. Habitat is in the process of building its 29th home in Florence and has provided housing for over 30 families. At the end of March Habitat finished the new home of Hailey Durgan and dedicated it on March 26th. Habitat is also involved in organizing critical home repairs for families that are not financially able to keep their home safe and livable. Habitat’s celebration will be from 11 til 2 tomorrow at the Habitat ReStore in the Grocery Outley Shopping Center
